SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 200

SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 200

200 .         Cancelling registration, Ministers’ functions as to

        (1)         The Minister may cancel the registration of a community kindergarten at any time if the Minister is satisfied —

            (a)         that the buildings or facilities of the kindergarten present a risk to the safety or health of the children or staff at the kindergarten; or

            (b)         that there has been mismanagement by the governing body or its management committee; or

            (c)         that the kindergarten or its governing body is not complying with —

                  (i)         this Act; or

                  (ii)         any relevant requirement of the School Curriculum and Standards Authority Act 1997 ; or

                  (iii)         any condition of the kindergarten’s registration; or

                  (iv)         a direction given under section 202;

                or

            (d)         that it is in the best interests of the children at the kindergarten to do so.

        (2)         The Minister is not to cancel the registration of a community kindergarten without first —

            (a)         notifying the governing body of the proposed cancellation and of the reasons for it; and

            (b)         giving the governing body a reasonable opportunity to show why the registration should not be cancelled.

        (3)         Subsection (2) does not apply if in the opinion of the Minister the health or welfare of persons may be at risk if the registration is not cancelled immediately.

        (4)         The Minister is to give written notice of the cancellation to the governing body.

        (5)         The cancellation takes effect at such time as is specified in the notice given under subsection (4).

        [Section 200 amended: No. 37 of 2011 s. 58(3).]